Author: Justin Lagat
Trying to keep up with Eliud Kipchoge on track during the INEOS 1:59 challenge training
I am deeply indebted to Eliud Kipchoge’s coaches and training group for allowing me to join them in most of their training runs, especially the track intervals. Despite it being such a rare chance, a spectacular experience, and a great learning opportunity, it is obviously not an easy task trying to keep up with this…
Long distance running training in Kenya happens regardless of rain, mud or dust
There are many great stories that come out of running and training in Kenya. Be it getting lost in the forest, being taken on a longer route than you had planned and ending up stopping and asking for help, starting out on a very tough workout with a group, then looking at each other understandingly…
Is it better to be overtrained or undertrained 3 weeks before a marathon?
The last 3 weeks before a marathon race are the most confusing and difficult ones to deal with for many runners. You stop training, you gain weight. You continue training; you feel exhausted on race day. A successful race day depends more on how one balances their training at this stage in order to be…